Comments on: A plague of greenfly on our houses

By: Andy Chick

Andy Chick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:06:05 +0000

Ditto to the above comments. the green fly shown in the picture is a fly that happens to be green, the green-fly is acually not a fly but, as Malcolm said an Aphid.

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By: Doris's mum

Doris's mum — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:18:56 +0000

Malcolm I was just about to say the same.
To show a picture of a fly that is green instead of a ‘greenfly’ in unacceptable…clip around the lug for the researcher who did that and the editor who allowed it!!

The green fly are driving me mad, my chilli plants are stunted, my fuchsias are getting black leaves and I have a huge bamboo in the middle of the garden and it’s smothered! I have to hose stuff down just to give them a bit of peace.

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By: Malcolm Smart

Malcolm Smart — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:58:22 +0000

The picture you print is of a true fly of the family Dolichopodidae – a beautiful and harmless creature whose larvae typically live in damp soil or mud. It has absolutely nothing to do with a “greenfly” which is a type of aphid and is the animal described in your text. Whatyou have done is akin to writing a story about a man-eating crocodile and illustrating it with a picture of a red squirrel. It is highly regrettable that your readers – especially the younger ones – should be so badly mis-informed. I think that a proper formal correction and apology for such a gaff is in order!!!!
Malcolm Smart

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By: eva land

eva land — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:20:52 +0000

They are sapping your energy are they? (:

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By: jimbobmcduggan

jimbobmcduggan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:15:38 +0000

yeah, we’ve even had greenfly in our office, that means they’ve infiltrated the air conditioning system as there is no windows!!

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